Truck stop operator Travel Centers of America (TA) pumped a double-digit increase in diesel volumes in the third quarter compared to both the corresponding quarter of last year and the second quarter during the heart of the pandemic.
In an indicator of freight and trucking demand, and because TA is the only publicly traded company of its kind, the quarterly figures on diesel volume are a good indicator of where freight demand was in the prior quarter.
For the quarter, TA sold 485.4 million...
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